Mindrum Family History
Clarissa Harlow Woods
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Name Clarissa Harlow Woods [1, 2, 3] Birth 29 Jul 1812 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
[4, 5] - computed from ae
Gender Female Death 7 Feb 1864 Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin
[4, 5] - ae 51yrs 6ms 9d
Burial Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin
[6] Notes
Alternate: Clarissa Wilson
Alternate birth date: 28 Jul 1812
Alternate birth date: 29 Jul 1809
Alternate birth date: 28 Jul 1812
Clarissa's gravestone reads:
Great God I own the sentence just
and nature must decay.
I yield my body to the dust
to dwell with fellow clay.
STB Clarissa Harlow Woods, b. 28 Feb 1812, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL, m. 5 Jun 1831, Springfield, Sangamon, IL. d. 7 Feb 1864, Darlington, Lafayette, WI
1860 US Census, Wisconsin, Lafayette, Centre, Clarissa Anderson, 46, value of real estate 2600, value of personal estate 600, born IL, with children William 21 Farmer born WI, John 16 Farmer born WI, James 14 born WI, Jessy 12 born WI, enumerated 31 Jul 1860
Daughter of John Woods, b. Madison, Sangana, Illinois, 1793 and Fanny Saxton, b. 21 Oct 1787, Chatoque, NY, daughter of James Saxton, b. 1771, Chautauqua, NY and Huldah, b. 1775, Chautauqua, NY. www.ancestry.com [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Person ID I20088 Mindrum Last Modified 26 Jul 2017
Father John Woods, b. 17 Jun 1782 d. 8 Jan 1828, Illinois
(Age 45 years) Mother Frances J. Fanny Saxton, b. 21 Oct 1787, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York
d. 10 Apr 1860, Wisconsin
(Age 72 years) Family ID F27813 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Robert Anderson, b. 5 Jun 1804, Virginia
d. 7 Jun 1857, Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin
(Age 53 years) Marriage 15 Jun 1831 Sangamon Co., Illinois
[1, 2] Children 1. Cordelia Anderson, b. 22 Feb 1832, Sangamon Co., Illinois
d. 20 Sep 1893 (Age 61 years)2. James Anderson, b. 27 Aug 1833, Sangamon Co., Illinois
d. 21 Oct 1834, 1834
(Age 1 year)3. Jane Anderson, b. 28 Oct 1834, Sangamon Co., Illinois
d. 7 Mar 1897, Otho, Webster, Iowa
(Age 62 years)4. Margaret Anderson, b. 1 Feb 1837, Wisconsin
d. 3 Nov 1904, Nebraska
(Age 67 years)5. William C. Anderson, b. 5 May 1837, Wisconsin 
6. Albert W. Anderson, b. 22 Nov 1840, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin
d. 15 Aug 1915, Garfield, Whitman, Washington
(Age 74 years)7. Mary Francis Anderson, b. 1 Jul 1842, Wisconsin
d. 6 Nov 1917, Syracuse, Otoe, Nebraska
(Age 75 years)8. John Wesley Anderson, b. 10 Apr 1844, Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin
d. 4 Aug 1915, Rathdrum, Kootenai, Idaho
(Age 71 years)9. James Anderson, b. 1 Feb 1845, Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin 
10. Jesse Wilson Anderson, b. 20 Oct 1847, Wiota, Lafayette, Wisconsin
d. 17 May 1921, Syracuse, Otoe, Nebraska
(Age 73 years)11. Robert Anderson, b. 6 Jul 1848 d. 6 Jan 1851, Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin
(Age 2 years)12. Samuel B. Anderson, b. 13 Jan 1849 d. 18 Sep 1851, Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin
(Age 2 years)Family ID F14067 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Aug 2015
Family 2 John Stephens, b. 1808, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
Marriage 3 Dec 1862 Lafayette Co., Wisconsin
[10, 11] Family ID F15775 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Oct 2017
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Headstones 
Anderson, Clarissa Woods
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Sources - [S6819] Sangamon County, IL Marriage records, Vol. 1, p. 67.
- [S2974] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900.
- [S6624] John C. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois, (Edwin A. Wilson & Co., 1876), p. 82.
- [S6890] Clarissa Woods Anderson headstone, Fayette, Wisconsin.
- [S1968] Max Anderson Melick, The Jesse and Anna Anderson Family Tree, (1997).
- [S1895] Girdner Family Genealogy.
- [S152] James Walter Williams application for membership, The Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 26 Jul 1932, www.ancestry.com.
- [S1983] Unsourced family tree, Nordins of NC Tennessee and Texas in www.ancestry.com, contact Penny Serrato, red5158077@sbcglobal.net.
- [S1986] 1860 US Census, Wisconsin, Lafayette, Centre, page 668.
- [S8792] Lafayette Co., Wisconsin Marriages, Vol. 3, p. 84.
- [S2529] E-mail from Jackie Paries, cleoparies@hotmail.com, 1 Sep 2006.
- [S6819] Sangamon County, IL Marriage records, Vol. 1, p. 67.
